The Washington bee., 1887-12-17


cession was en- route to the ceme-
terry, the members of the Order OF
Odd Fellows, to which be belonged,
started a hymn and kept up the
singing till the burying ground was
reached.
The Princeton, Indiana) CLAR.
ION sa, s.: 1.-The most gigantic liars
in the Union are from Florida, and
are to be found principally in the
real estate business.
There are twenty.seyen red-head-
ed men in the new House of Rep
resenatives. Look out for red-hoe
times.
Augustus L. Davis, author ofthe
song, ''Baby'S laughing IN her
sleep,n is Cincinnatian and very
ugly one at that.
The Interstate Commerce has
decided, according to a Baltimore
paper, that first class colored pas
sengers on railroads, are entitled 10
ride I'D first class cars, but that
companies have the right to pro-
vide separate cars for colOred and
white people.
The mother of the late President
Garfield is 81 years old. She is yet
bright and. active in mind.
There are only two eolored men
in the State Senate and eight in the
Virginia House of Delegates.
The American ARTISAN is correct
in remarking: "When neuralgia
comes fooling around, and you
have a tooth that begins to feel as
though a spring chicken was dig
ging away at its roots, it Is time to
pullet out"
There may be some truth in the
distinction drawn by Labouehere
between Mahomedsnism and
Christianity. He says: "The real
difference between MahOmedanism
and Christianity is that Mahome-
dams live up to the tenets of their
religion, and Christians do not live
up to the tenets of theirs. The
theory of the latter is sounder than
their practice and the practice of
the former is sounder than their
theory
The Virginia Normal aud Colleg-
late Institute meets with an irrep-
arabic loss by the failure of it's
trustees to re-elect Hon. John. NJ.
LangstOn. The action of these
Bourbon cOlored trustees, are con-
demned by the masses of the color
ed people in Virginia and they are
9 held in contempt by the cOlOred
8 citizens of the Nation. The school
! is now on a short road to nothing
ness. Prof. Storum put the Insti-
!. tute on its feet, Prof. LangstOn took
up the good work made it second
, to none in the Country. The pres
: ent administration will sink it be-
yond resurrection and bring about
that spectacle which it enemies
desire. However, Virginia will
J have the services of the scholar,
i able jurist brilliant diplomat, and
y champion of the COlared Race, in
8 Hon. John M. LangstOn, in the 51th
J, Congress. The reliable 4th will
= come up smiling next year.
o Let us have peace in the District.
:, Here is the way to have it. Elect
d w. Calvin Chase and Perry G.. Car
t son to the National Convention,
and there will be no doubt of q col
q ored Representative in the next
O National Committee. Friends of
N Chase and Carson strike hands and
O do it.
IL The CENTRAL METHODIST publish
" ed at Martinsburg, w. Va, the
q. semi-Official organ of the Washing,
ton M. E. Conference, will please
stand corrected l am not the AS
soCIATE EDITOR ofthe Washington
BEE, l am only Correspondent Oi
the BEE, with all the journalistic
emoluments belonging thereto
Editor Chase takes up all the space
on the tripod of the busy BEE, and
is ever ready to chase out all assO
ciate editions. WHEELER into line,
and still strike for your HOLMES, il
your White editor did promote me
unawaTes.
Solomon G.. Brown of the Smith
;. sonian Institute is the LOngfell0W
" of the Negro Race. He reads q
:, poem tomorrow night at Mt. Zion
- =, NJ. E. Church, West Washington